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Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiquefrCNRSThu, 21 Mar 2019 21:03:36 +0100CNRS congratulates Alessio Figalli, winner of the 2018 Fields Medal http://www2.cnrs.fr/en/3144.htm
http://www2.cnrs.fr/en/3144.htmThe 2018 Fields Medal has been awarded to Alessio Figalli, a CNRS researcher since 2007 currently seconded to ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology). This distinction, the most prestigious prize in the realm of mathematics, was bestowed in recognition of his work in calculus of variations, optimal control, optimization and partial differential equations. Caucher Birkar (born in Kurdistan, British citizen), professor at Cambridge University, Peter Scholze (Germany), professor at the Frédéric-Guillaume Rhineland University in Bonn and Akshay Venkatesh (born in India, Australian citizen), professor at Stanford University are also Fields 2018 medal winners. Wed, 01 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0100CNRS to play major part in ESOF 2018http://www2.cnrs.fr/en/3138.htm
http://www2.cnrs.fr/en/3138.htmToulouse is to host the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF), Europe's largest interdisciplinary gathering on science and innovation, from 9 to 14 July 2018. In parallel with this event for researchers, the city is organising the 'Science in the City' festival from 7 to 15 July, with over 120 events aimed at sharing science with the public. For around ten days, the pulse of Toulouse, European City of Science 2018, will beat to the rhythm of science. CNRS and its laboratories will be playing a major role in both the forum and the festival, two unprecedented events for Toulouse and France.Thu, 05 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0100ERC Advanced Grants: CNRS in the lead among European institutionshttp://www2.cnrs.fr/en/3095.htm
http://www2.cnrs.fr/en/3095.htmThe European Research Council (ERC) has announced the recipients of its 2017 Advanced Grants, awarded to experienced male and female researchers well known in their fields. In total, across all disciplines, 269 projects were selected, including 34 hosted in France. With its 15 winners, the CNRS leads the pack: 15% of the candidates it hosts were accepted, while the success rate for all European candidates combined was 12%.Mon, 09 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0100Momentum: CNRS issues second call for proposals from young male and female researchershttp://www2.cnrs.fr/en/3093.htm
http://www2.cnrs.fr/en/3093.htmThe CNRS is issuing its second Momentum call for proposals from young male and female researchers around the world, to support their projects in emerging and innovative areas. Researchers in all fields may apply. Winners will receive funding for three years.Thu, 05 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0100Antoine Petit named Chairman and CEO of the CNRShttp://www2.cnrs.fr/en/3055.htm
http://www2.cnrs.fr/en/3055.htmAntoine Petit has been named Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the CNRS. His appointment was confirmed on January 24, 2018, by French president Emmanuel Macron upon the recommendation of Frédérique Vidal, Minister for Higher Education, Research and Innovation. An exceptional grade professor, Antoine Petit was president of the French National Institute for Computer Science and Applied Mathematics (Inria) since October 2014. He acts as non-executive president of the IHEST (Institut des Hautes Etudes pour la Science et la Technologie) since April 2017.Wed, 24 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0100A new mathematics museum is taking shape in Parishttp://www2.cnrs.fr/en/3053.htm
http://www2.cnrs.fr/en/3053.htmAn exhibition and mediation space coupled with a space in which researchers and academics will be able to meet players from the economic, cultural, industrial, and social spheres: this will be the hallmark of the future Maison des mathématiques, located in the heart of Paris, in an exceptional building belonging to Sorbonne Université, one with a rich history and dedicated to scientific teaching and research. The architecture firm Atelier Novembre was chosen to create this institution dedicated to mathematics and theoretical physics. Affiliated to the Institut Henri Poincaré (CNRS/Sorbonne Université), in spring 2020 it will settle into the former premises of the Laboratoire de chimie physique - matière et rayonnement (CNRS/Sorbonne Université), created by Jean Perrin, recipient of the Noble Prize in Physics in 1926 and founder of the CNRS.Thu, 18 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0100Imperial College London and CNRS create joint laboratory to bring world's best mathematicians togetherhttp://www2.cnrs.fr/en/3049.htm
http://www2.cnrs.fr/en/3049.htmImperial College London and the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) are creating a joint laboratory to bring together some of the world's best mathematicians. The pioneering venture will integrate leading researchers and students from both institutions to significantly advance collaboration in mathematics between France and Britain. The International Joint Research Unit  Unité mixte internationale  will be named UMI Abraham de Moivre, after the great French mathematician, and will be based at Imperial's South Kensington campus in London.Mon, 15 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0100Anne Peyroche named interim president of CNRS http://www2.cnrs.fr/en/3011.htm
http://www2.cnrs.fr/en/3011.htmAnne Peyroche today assumed the role of interim president of the CNRS. She has taken over from Alain Fuchs, who held the position since 2010. (Fuchs is the new president of Paris Sciences & Lettres, also as of today.) Peyroche has been CNRS Chief Research Officer since January 2016.
Tue, 24 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0100Creation of a French-Mexican international joint unit in mathematicshttp://www2.cnrs.fr/en/2937.htm
http://www2.cnrs.fr/en/2937.htmThe CNRS and its Mexican partners, the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and the National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT), have just created an international joint unit (UMI) in mathematics, the "Laboratoire Solomon Lefschetz - LaSoL."Thu, 08 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0100Light-controlled gearbox for nanomachines http://www2.cnrs.fr/en/2897.htm
http://www2.cnrs.fr/en/2897.htmRewarded with a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2016, nanomachines provide mechanical work on the smallest of scales. Yet at such small dimensions, molecular motors can complete this work in only one direction. Researchers from the CNRS's Institut Charles Sadron, led by Nicolas Giuseppone, a professor at the Université de Strasbourg, working in collaboration with the Laboratoire de mathématiques d'Orsay (CNRS/Université Paris-Sud), have succeeded in developing more complex molecular machines that can work in one direction and its opposite. The system can even be controlled precisely, in the same way as a gearbox. The study was published in Nature Nanotechnology on March 20, 2017.Mon, 20 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0100The CNRS celebrates the tenth anniversary of the ERChttp://www2.cnrs.fr/en/2891.htm
http://www2.cnrs.fr/en/2891.htmCreated in 2007, the European Research Council (ERC) awards individual research grants to talented researchers each year. The funding organization will celebrate its tenth anniversary on 13-19 March 2017 during the "ERC Week", which will close with a scientific event to be held on 21 March in Brussels. The CNRS will participate in this celebration with a series of debates across France, as well as the launch of a website presenting the 360 ERC grant laureates from its laboratories.Thu, 02 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0100French institutions back the March for Sciencehttp://www2.cnrs.fr/en/2889.htm
http://www2.cnrs.fr/en/2889.htmMon, 20 Feb 2017 00:00:00 +0100ERC "Consolidator" Grants: the CNRS tops the EU institutions rankinghttp://www2.cnrs.fr/en/2855.htm
http://www2.cnrs.fr/en/2855.htmThe European Research Council (ERC) has announced the results of its call for proposals for the "ERC Consolidator Grant 2016," which rewards researchers noted for their excellence and who have 7 to 12 years of experience after their thesis. All disciplines combined, 314 projects were selected in total, of which 43 from France. With 25 recipients, the CNRS tops the ranking once again this year, followed by Oxford University, with 9 recipients.Tue, 13 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0100Facing terrorism: a year of mobilization at the CNRShttp://www2.cnrs.fr/en/2841.htm
http://www2.cnrs.fr/en/2841.htmAfter the Paris and Nice attacks, the CNRS endeavored to commit research resources to the fight against terrorism. We take a look back on a year of action that included a call for projects with an overwhelming response rate (the initial findings of which will be shared on 28 November 2016), a series of thematic workshops, and a vast project on memory.Mon, 14 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0100Mathematician Claire Voisin awarded the CNRS 2016 gold medalhttp://www2.cnrs.fr/en/2815.htm
http://www2.cnrs.fr/en/2815.htmThe mathematician Claire Voisin is the laureate of the CNRS 2016 gold medal, France's highest scientific distinction. This award, which will be handed out on 14 December, 2016, in Paris, honors her major contributions to complex algebraic geometry. Recognized for her thorough knowledge in this field and for the originality and diversity of her research, she has received numerous prizes. A genuine French ambassador in mathematics, she has exceptional influence on the international scene. A CNRS researcher for around thirty years, she now holds the chair in Algebraic Geometry at the Collège de France.Wed, 21 Sep 2016 12:00:00 +0100Vincent Calvez and Hugo Duminil-Copin awarded the European Mathematical Society Prizehttp://www2.cnrs.fr/en/2787.htm
http://www2.cnrs.fr/en/2787.htmTwo young mathematicians from France are among the ten recipients of the 2016 European Mathematical Society (EMS) prize: Vincent Calvez, chargé de recherche CNRS at l'Unité de mathématiques pures et appliquées (CNRS/ENS de Lyon) and member of the Inria NuMed project team, as well as Hugo Duminil-Copin, professor at l'Université de Genève, who in September 2016 will join the Laboratoire Alexander Grothendieck (CNRS/IHÉS). These prizes, which are given every four years to mathematicians under 35 years of age who are from or who work in Europe, will be announced and awarded at the opening of the 7th European Congress of Mathematics scheduled to take place in Berlin from July 18-22, 2016. Mon, 18 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0100Ocean pollution: focusing on the fragmentation of plastic wastehttp://www2.cnrs.fr/en/2759.htm
http://www2.cnrs.fr/en/2759.htmFirst discovered by sailors, the masses of plastic debris floating at the center of vast ocean vortices called gyres are today under close scrutiny by scientists. To better understand the fragmentation of microplastics under the effect of light and abrasion by waves, researchers combined physico-chemical analyses with statistical modeling. They were thus able to show that pieces of plastic debris behave in very different ways according to their size. The bigger pieces appear to float flat at the surface of the water, with one face preferentially exposed to sunlight. However, the researchers observed fewer small-sized debris (around 1 mg) than predicted by the mathematical model. Several hypotheses are put forward to explain this lack. The findings were obtained by researchers from CNRS and Université Toulouse III  Paul Sabatier1 from samples collected during the 7th Continent Expedition. They are published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology on 23 May 2016.Mon, 23 May 2016 00:00:00 +0100Anne Peyroche named CNRS Chief Research Officerhttp://www2.cnrs.fr/en/2681.htm
http://www2.cnrs.fr/en/2681.htmCNRS President Alain Fuchs has appointed Anne Peyroche as new Chief Research Officer. She will take up her post on 18 January 2016, replacing Philippe Baptiste, who is taking up other duties. Peyroche, a researcher at the French Atomic and Alternative Energies Commission (CEA), is currently deputy cabinet director (in charge of research) at the French State Secretariat for Higher Education and Research.Fri, 15 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0100A breakthrough in the mathematical understanding of Einstein's equationshttp://www2.cnrs.fr/en/2643.htm
http://www2.cnrs.fr/en/2643.htmProposed 15 years ago, the bounded L2 curvature conjecture has finally been proved by a group of three researchers at the Laboratoire Jacques-Louis Lions (CNRS / UPMC / Université Paris Diderot) and Princeton University. It provides a potentially minimal framework in which it is possible to solve the Einstein equations, which in turn could be a critical step toward the proof of major conjectures, such as Penrose's cosmic censorship conjectures. This work was published in Inventiones Mathematicae on October 14.Wed, 14 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0100CNRS top EU institution for ERC 2014 Starting Grantshttp://www2.cnrs.fr/en/2497.htm
http://www2.cnrs.fr/en/2497.htmThe European Research Council (ERC) has awarded its "Starting Grants" to 328 projects, 43 of which are based in France. The CNRS leads the way with 18 laureates.Mon, 15 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0100Fields Medal awarded to Artur Avilahttp://www2.cnrs.fr/en/2435.htm
http://www2.cnrs.fr/en/2435.htmThe Fields Medal, the world's most prestigious distinction in mathematics, is being awarded today to Artur Avila, a CNRS senior researcher at the Institut de Mathématiques de Jussieu-Paris Rive Gauche (CNRS/Université Paris Diderot/UPMC). The presentation is part of the program of the International Congress of Mathematicians, which is being held this year in Seoul, South Korea. The 35-year-old Franco-Brazilian mathematician, who also works at the National Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics in Rio de Janeiro, is being recognized for outstanding work in his specialty fields, primarily concerning dynamical systems and analysis. Three other mathematicians are receiving Fields Medals this year: Martin Hairer from Austria, the Canadian-American number theorist Manjul Bhargava and the prize's first female laureate, Maryam Mirzakhani from Iran. The 2014 awards strengthen France's position as number two in the world in mathematical research. Wed, 13 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0100Philippe Baptiste named CNRS Chief Research Officerhttp://www2.cnrs.fr/en/2397.htm
http://www2.cnrs.fr/en/2397.htmOn June 2, 2014, CNRS president Alain Fuchs appointed Philippe Baptiste as new Chief Research Officer. His predecessor, Joël Bertrand, becomes special adviser to the president. A CNRS senior researcher, Philippe Baptiste had been head of research and innovation strategy at the Secretary of State for Higher Education and Research since April 2013. Mon, 02 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0100Mathematics to improve runninghttp://www2.cnrs.fr/en/2391.htm
http://www2.cnrs.fr/en/2391.htmHow can runners improve their performance, weight and fitness? Amandine Aftalion from the Mathematics Laboratory in Versailles (CNRS/University of Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines) and Frédéric Bonnans from the Center of Applied Mathematics (CNRS/Inria/École polytechnique)1 have produced a mathematical model to optimize running, which could lead to personal e-coaching customized to each individual's physiological state. It also confirms a well-known fact in the sports community: runners who vary their speed spend their energy better and thus run longer. Mathematics gives them the opportunity to switch from simple statistical tools2 to personalized sporting advice. This work, available on HAL, will be presented in Toulouse on May 16th, 2014, at the Futurapolis international meeting in which CNRS is a partner. It will also be published in the journal SIAM J.Applied Mathematics.Tue, 13 May 2014 00:00:00 +0100Philippe Cinquin, Ludwik Leibler and Stéphane Mallat to receive the CNRS 2013 Medal of Innovationhttp://www2.cnrs.fr/en/2193.htm
http://www2.cnrs.fr/en/2193.htmThe laureates of the CNRS 2013 Medal of Innovation are Philippe Cinquin, a professor in medical data processing, Ludwik Leibler, a physical chemist and the mathematician Stéphane Mallat. Each year, the award is handed out in recognition of groundbreaking research that has led to significant innovations in technology, economics, medicine or the humanities. The three will be presented with the accolade by France's Higher Education and Research Minister Geneviève Fioraso on 12 June.Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0100Mathematics: first-ever image of a flat torus in 3Dhttp://www2.cnrs.fr/en/2027.htm
http://www2.cnrs.fr/en/2027.htmJust as a terrestrial globe cannot be flattened without distorting the distances, it seemed impossible to visualize abstract mathematical objects called flat tori in ordinary three-dimensional space. However, a team of mathematicians and computer scientists(1) has succeeded in constructing and visually representing an image of a flat torus in three-dimensional space. This is a smooth fractal, halfway between fractals and ordinary surfaces. The results are published in PNAS.Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0100